Current Research Project: Adapting voice assistants (Siri, Alexa, etc...) to be more accessible for people with dementia (Combining NLP, Computer Vision and Knowledge Graphs). Education: I am studying my PhD in Artificial Intelligence and have both an MSc in Artificial Intelligence with Speech and Multimodal Interaction (Distinction), and a BSc (Hons) in Mathematics. Experience: I am a Research Associate at Heriot-Watt University. Previously worked on Amazon Alexa as an Applied Scientist, machine learning / data science projects within The NHS, Scottish Government, and private clients in many sectors including finance. Speaking: Amazon Alexa 2022, European Conversational AI Summit 2022, Virtually 2021, Carnegie Mellon University 2020, Harvard University 2020, BBC 2020, KTH University 2019, University of Latvia 2019, Leipzig University 2019 and routinely around Edinburgh. Organising: SIGDIAL 2022 (2), YRRSDS 2022 (3), European Chatbot Summit 2022 (1), YRRSDS 2021 (3), African Chatbot Summit 2021 (3), European Chatbot Summit 2021 (3), SLiDInG 2020 (3), ICMI 2019 (1). Organisation rating from (1): supporting role, to (3): a leading organiser.
